92 Amani Trust case number 753 Report number Sex male 68 Name M.M Age 27 ID number Province Mashonaland Central District Mvurwi Employment Unemployed Date of report 22/02/03 Nature of incident Assault Date of incident • 27/01/02 • 18/02/02 Perpetrators Unknown assailants Case history M.M. was attacked by unknown assailants on 27/01/02 at Mvurwi Community Hall at 15.00h. He was hit with stones which were wrapped in a t-shirt. That evening at 22.00h he was picked up by the police for public violence and detained for seventeen days. He was released on bail of Z$2,000. M.M. was attacked for a second time on 13/03/02 at his home and was assaulted with sticks and kicks. Medical assessment SRQ-8 Score: 1 On clinical examination 3 weeks after the event, the patient had 2 resolving haematomas on his face, and a large resolving haematoma on his left shoulder. He also had a rash of insect bites across his lower back and buttocks, consistent with being bitten by lice. He had clinical symptoms of louse borne rickettsia, and the illness resolved on doxycycline. AMANI TRUST: Beating your opposition. Torture during the 2002 Presidential campaign in Zimbabwe.